1. My son Rheginos, some wish to learn many things. This is their objective when preoccupied with questions whose answers they lack.
2. If they are successful with these, they tend to think of themselves as quite important.
3. I, however, do not believe they have attained to the word of truth.
4. Instead, they look out for their own satisfaction, when we have received (true satisfaction) through our Savior, our Lord Christ.
5. We obtained it when we knew the truth and found our repose in it.
6. Since, however, you politely request what is the correct (interpretation) of the resurrection, I write to you what is essential.
7. Many surely put no faith in it. A few, however, find it. Let us then discuss the topic.
1. In what way did the Lord preach when he lived in the flesh and after he revealed himself to be Son of God?
2. He dwelt in this place where you abide, discoursing of the law of natural things, which I, however, I call “death.”
3. Rheginos, the Son of God was the Son of Man. He took both to himself, having humanity and divinity.
4. Consequently, on the one hand he could banish death as the Son of God, and on the other hand as the Son of Man he brought the restoration of the Fullness.
5. That was because his origin was from above, as a seed of truth, before (his lower) structure came into existence.
6. In this (lower structure) many dominions and divinities came to be.
1. I realize I am giving the answer in complex language. There is nothing, however, hard (to understand about) the word of truth.
2. Because, however, the answer appeared so nothing would remain hidden, but to make all things about existence manifest, (the result was) the obliteration of evil on the one hand, (and) on the other hand the revelation of the chosen ones.
3. (All) this is the emanation of truth and spirit, grace being from truth.
4. People do not consider you unaware that the Savior swallowed up death,
5. because he dispensed with the perishable world.
6. He transformed [it] into an imperishable aeon and raised himself up, swallowing up the visible by means of the invisible, thus paving the way for us to our immortality.